Serena @ The Australian Open earlier this year
“The guy said, ‘Hit the net like any Negro would.’ I was shocked,” Williams said Monday. “I couldn’t believe it. I had to do a double take. I think I hit a double fault on that point.”
“Every time I missed a shot or a serve, he would say, ‘That’s the way to do it,’” she said. “He was calling, ‘Foot fault.’ He was saying, ‘Hit in the net.’ … I mean, who does this? That’s so elementary. You don’t do this on a professional level.”
“I shouldn’t have let it bother me, because growing up in Compton we had drive-bys,” said Williams, who was raised in Los Angeles. “I guess that’s what my dad prepared me for, but I’m not going to stand for it.”
Williams claims that Winton made at least one racist remark before he was ejected.
Now the guy told ESPN, that he didn’t say what she claimed he did:
”I said she was lazy, that she didn’t run for balls — stuff like that — but I did not say the N-word or use any racial language,” Donald Winton told The Miami Herald when reached by telephone Tuesday. “I’m at my wit’s end about this. I didn’t say a word the whole first set; … in the second set I said some stuff and I guess she didn’t like it, but I didn’t say what she said I said.”
-Donald Winton, 51
That’s kind of odd, because fans and security confirmed a man heckled Williams inappropriately. Read more @ ESPN >>
You mean to tell me she didn’t go into the stands on his ass.
Where was her father. Now that would’a been some shit.
Thats sad. If I were her I would have thought about jumpin over that net and hittin some other balls if you get my drift. Whats a 51 year old man talking like that about? WEll hellracist people come in all ages. Its sickening!
This old ass man has nothing else better to do than hassle a PROFESSIONAL tennis player at her match.
Dont they have ADULT DAYCARES????? lol
What an idiot!
1) who yells at a tennis match?
This is a scam. Watch for the lawsuit for defamation of character and all that in a few weeks for “unspecified damages.”
He’s brave cause Serena looks like she’ll fight a dude!!
props to her for not going into the stands and knocking his annoying ass out.. she did the right thing by taking the high road and being the bigger person..
Tennis matches are usually quiet obviously if you are yelling stuff like that every one is going to clearly hear everything you say! It is not like a basketball or a football game when everyone is yelling! Maybe he could have played that off but… umm… at a tennis match?
who does he think he is fooling talking about he didn’t say it?
I heard the audio of Serena asking the officials to EJECT dude on the Ricky Smiley Show yesterday morning and its amazing how many times she had to EMPHASIZE that he was threatening her and making racist comments. She was LITERALLY PLEADING with the judge for about 3 minutes before he agreed to do something… TRULY SAD that he couldn’t just take her word for it until she said “for all I know he could be a STALKER or something… DO SOMETHING!” Very sad!
““I shouldn’t have let it bother me, because growing up in Compton we had drive-bys,” said Williams, who was raised in Los Angeles. “I guess that’s what my dad prepared me for, but I’m not going to stand for it.”
What the hell does that have to do with her being heckled?
Btw, that man knows damn well he said some racist shit to her. I’m still not quite sure why officials or anyone working the match would let anyone in the crowd even speak to one of the players.
Wow. I’m no fan of Serena, but that man was way outta line and obviously racist!!
She’s a strong person and has faced adversity many times before.
I’m glad she didn’t react to that jealous YT.
Maybe now, Serena and Venus will think twice about hooking up with these racist dudes! Don’t nobody love y’all but us!
She needed her as strong brother like Dwight Howard or Reuben to travel with her! He would have gotten there before security and sat in the seat next to Winton and told him, “look mofo, you open yo damn mouth one mo time…and they’ll be using a “net” to fish yo ass out of the Florida keys!! lol
He deserved to get whipped with her tennis racket. If you have ever been to a tennis match then you would know that they need complete attention. The game is very intense.
I heard about this on the radio on Monday. It’s sad that people do not learn from mistakes made by others, who have paid dearly for using abusive terms to other people.
OOOOOH WHOO CARES SERENA! AT THE END OF THE DAY YOU ARE GOING HOME TO YOUR MANSION WITH YOUR MAIDS, AND BUTLERS AND YOUR CADIALLAC AND YOUR PORSHE. WHO CARES!.
Everyone gets heckled, its to distract your game, I was at a Bulls game and this guy was Heckling the mess out of one of the bulls players, you just gotta stay focused.!
I MUST SAY THIS WAS THE WAY TO HANDLE IT SERENA.
Well if there were witnesses he wont get a damn thing and he shouldnt. What year is this again?
RACISM-OH MY NOT IN TODAY’S KUMBAH YA SOCIETY!
I thought everyone was so past race in 2007, no not very harmful at a tennis match, yes distracting, but not harmful. Just imagine if he feels this way and is bold enough to say it out loud in front of hundreds of spectators, I can only imagine what he is capable of.
Let’s take it a bit further, imagine if he is a business owner, I’m certain he sets his personal opinions aside when he is hiring or managing black people, or if he is a police officer-I’m certain his attitude couldn’t possible affect the way he performs his job.
Attitude is where it starts, harmless some might say when you shout racial obscenities, but very harmful if you are a racist and in a position of authority and act on them.
But again, I’m pretty sure that this random guy only yells racist remarks, and doesn’t act on them- and I’m sure he represents only a small percentage of americans-
He’s probably pissed off because his daugher is dating a black guy
Just goes to prove, they still don’t want to see us on top.
I dunno if you people follow tennis. But Serena Williams is once again rewriting the history books. Sure she got heckled, it was stupid and its not over.
But take a close look at her tennis. This girl is about the only player who consecutively comes back from injuries and breaks and DOMINATES the field. Everyone thought it was a coincidence that she dismantled Maria Sharapova in Australia. Well she should have saw her rematch against her this week. She did the same thing ONLY A LOT WORSE lol.. And Sharapova is allegedly the number 1 player in the world.
Serena keep dominating this game. It needs you and you need it. Your talent is amazing!
#20 Ha! Bailey, my sentiments exactly!
Tough skin makes her stronger than she is!
I’m a lil pissed that the ref took a long ass time to respond, she was damn near pleading for the man to get ejected. If I was manrena I would have pulled a deebo on this dude, lol
And he tryin to front and say he didn’t say anything racist??!! GET THE F**k OUTTA HERE!!
Wow racial obscenities in 07, what are we fighting for? these white people cant bear it when a black person is successfull and rich. I hope he gets purnished. Serena maintained her cool if it were me i wld have knocked his arse out.
Wow racial obscenities in 07, what are we fighting for? these white people cant bear it when a black person is successfull and rich. I hope he gets purnished. Serena maintained her cool if it were me i wld have knocked him out.
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OOPS DOUBLE POST.
She handled the situation with class and finesse instead of pulling out the stupid stick (Thats always great)he just mad because Serena kicks ass and takes names later.He 51 it’s said the years are slipping away from him and he chooses to spend his last few days with all that hatred in his heart.
LOL! they need to #3 because I know a lot of childish “adults”
I have nothing but PROPS for Serena. She managed to overcome the racist remarks from this old, white man and even after she has been persecuted by her own people. But this woman still continutes to rise. She is an outstanding athlete. I am disappointed with the derogatory comments about Serena’s looks that I see online but everyone is entitled to their own view. People of all colors sometimes have a very narrow and shallow perception about “beauty.” Serena She is a fine athlete and a strong, black woman.The heckler was more than likely upset because when Serena wins a point, set or game, it reconfirms that blacks are not inferior. The heckler was ignorant because you cannot judge talent, character or ability solely on the basis of color, ethnicity or appearance. Keep your head up Serena!
OH HELL NO… Yall know I gots to put my two cents in I would have f*cked his old ass up. Somebody made a comment that people heckle and make ignorant remarks all the time, THAT’S THE DAMN PROBLEM!!! that people do it all the time I would’ve went out in the crowd and beat his ass with my tennis racket, I bet he wouldn’t have heckled nobody else, his old ass probably would’ve been pissing on his self when I got finished with him.
There had ever been two strong African-American tennis players at the same time. Look at how long both had been out and Serena won the Australian and Venus just won Sony Ericcson. I believe the heckler was trying to throw Serena off before her next match with Sharapova. She beat the crap out of her though, and Sharapova is ranked number one. Serena handled herself very well, the worst thing to do in a situation like that is to get ethnic, ya know!
I’m sure they have footage with sound to investigate! The slightest noise carries all over a tennis court! If Serena could hear it, the cameras picked it up too! Hopefully, this won’t become a trend!
Anyhow, I love it when they jealously gets so thick that they can’t contain themselves! Only problem is, both girls have recieved life-threats in the past! So, obsessed fans have to be taken seriously, unlike the ones on CL! lol!
That dude is straight punkin’ right now talkin bout he didn’t he say that ish. He knows damn well that he did. He just don’t wanna go on the record with that ish just in case he goes back home & gets stomped out by some black folk. Effin’ idiot..
IT’S REALLY SAD WHEN BLACK PEOPLE SPEND A LOT OF TIME DISSING THEIR OWN PPL, AS YOU CAN SEE OTHER PPL WANT TO BRING HER DOWN SO SHE DEFINITELY NEEDS SUPPORT FROM US!
CONCRETELOOP TAKE NOTE!
That “caption this” post with Serena and the Grinch gets over 200 straight-up insults and disses toward the girl but a story about Serena being harassed by a White person, as we all have in some shape or form gets less than 40. SMH.
@37 It Never Fails, don’t worry, give it time! We’ll get to 200 on this one too! But hell, we got New York and Sister Patterson on the other blog! We’ll get back to Serena nem fo the day is up! lol!
@36 And, Serena won’t need much support in her sport, because there are some classy folks there to cover for her! Watch how they increase security from here on! The WTA takes this kind of $#!T very serious!
He was clearly trying to distract her game with his hate but she came out winning and hopefully she brushed it off and knows that their are really evil ppl in this world who get off on trying to make ppl who are way better then them feel bad. Its motivation.
This fool has the nerve to claim he is at his wits end?It doesn’t matter what he said, as a spectator he should not have been saying ANYTHING at a volume audible to players. He deserves whatever he gets….wits end indeed…ban his ass!
Sir enna is a good one for focussin on the game…but what I dont get is why is his ass resortin to racism to heckle? I mean all of the stuff he could have brought up….”Why does your hairline start at the back of your neck?”, “How do you keep that thang tucked in your tennis panties?”, “How are you ashy and greasy at the same time?”, “Do you steal ideas from house of deadwrong when designing ur fits?”.
Fuck Serena! Every time you see the bitch she up in some white boys face. Now she actin’ so shocked over what this white mutherfucker said. The bitch needed that reality check
Thats my word!
Fuck dude!
Ridiculous that a grown 51 year old is carrying on like a racist lunatic , because hes mad as hell that SERENA a black woman is among the best to do the d8amn thang in tennis! He needs to go sit his ole racist a*z down somewherr before he has a stroke.
And she still won.
on Thursday, March 29, 2007 @ 1:20 pm
32. On some real sh*t said:
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OH HELL NO… Yall know I gots to put my two cents in I would have f*cked his old ass up. Somebody made a comment that people heckle and make ignorant remarks all the time, THAT’S THE DAMN PROBLEM!!! that people do it all the time I would’ve went out in the crowd and beat his ass with my tennis racket, I bet he wouldn’t have heckled nobody else, his old ass probably would’ve been pissing on his self when I got finished with him.
Bill Said:
Now, that’s what I call keeping it real.
We always need people around like this person around to keep YT on their toes….
@ 42
So because Serena has dated a Caucasian male she deserves to receive racial abuse from a Caucasian? Yes I see the logic in that.
Good for her for standing up for herself
@42
STFU! You make no damn sense!
on local news they showed a white woman in the crowd that pointed to the man who was calling serena the n-word and he was sitting a couple of rows in front of her. the woman was’nt scared. serena went to the ref 2 complain and suggested that the man could be a stalker and should be kicked out of the stands. like kanye said, “racism still alive they just be concealing it”. well in this case, this fool is not concealing anything.
A Tennis Racket upside his freaking head would have sent him voluntarily packing.
she should’ve blacked his ignorant ass out wit a tennis ball. That would’ve shut his ass up.
Yeah, dats the childish way but fuck dat, fool i’am playin a game and i don’t eva rememba askin fo any of yo shit.
nobody is concealing anything anymore. those mfers are bold with it. if any of you have aol, then you’ll know what i’m talking about. if you click on the “post thoughts” section of any story pretaining to matters of race, you’ll be shocked. I wasn’t, but some people are still living in a bubble. racisim is alive and well! Also, another thing I noticed is that black people don’t defend themselves properly. or maybe we just don’t care. I mean, even gay people defend themselves. they’ll attack your ass and back you into a corner to get a damn apology. hell, they got me scared lol. why don’t we get that type of respect. sorry to bring up the gay thing, but everytime i see gay people talking about how it’s “2007″ and some people are backwards thinking (that’s what they call any opinion against their lifestyle) They always bring up how “black” people have had to fight for their rights, like sexuality and race have anything to do with each other..right. Sorry about the unusually long post, but damn.. i’m just saying.
And it’s low-life pieces of human waste like “#41 Cassie FBaby and #42 that makes me cringe! #53 and #31 I applaud your intelligence, everytime I see a Venus and Serena post it’s a negative one, with negative comments from our own people. We always claim how white people get jealous of us when we “make it big” or how they leave us hanging when we need help, but the truth is we are our own enemy. Instead of giving these two beautiful sisters their due respect for literally making history…we find ourselves full of jealousy and hatred! We cannot blame whites anymore…we our finishing our own people off for them. Any one ever stop to think this white man felt comfortable because of so-called black gossip blogs like concreteloop here, posting negative images, and everything else about African-Americans? We put ourselves against each other..for their entertainment…and the sad thing is we don’t even know it. Willie Lynch would be so proud!
If that was me, I would’ve thought to myself, ‘I’ll show you how to hit, you prick’ And would’ve aimed a 100mph ace smack into his hillbilly face.
That old man isn’t even a good liar. Fuckin’ old fool!
Boo Hoo Serena, ain’t Karma a bitch? maybe you’ll think twice the next time you say disparaging remarks about your own people..
If I was Serena they would’ve had to call EMS to get my racket out of his a$$!!!
I don’t see a problem with what #42 said. You reap what you sow. Am I supposed to support her because she’s a black woman that plays tennis well? Please. Alot of you black people talk more shit than a little bit. “We gots to come togedduh” and coming together always involves strengthening the white man’s system. Don’t talk all that black power shit if you’re half-ass with it. I have more respect for a straight up house negro than these pseudo militants. Be consistent man. Serena and Venus Williams’ feelings about black men is well known, despite the fact that their father honed the skill and craft that they reap the accolades for.
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Some of you have it all wrong, the facts are that Venus or Serena Williams NEVER said those negative comments about black men. period. end of story. it was an ugly rumor.